CASA|Con The CASA-ConstructiCon of the English Language


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Name To-RECIPIENT/GOAL Construction
Semantic function of cxn An ÆFFECTOR performs an action directed towards a GOAL.
Slots 1 (argument) 2 (verb) 3 (argument)
Semantic role of slots ÆFFECTOR RECIPIENT/GOAL

Syntactic function  

potential subject unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V PPto
Example I will immediately write to Congress…COCA-2005-MAG